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Ranunculaceae
Clematis

not marked as a favorite taxon Clematis socialis Kral. Common name: Alabama Leatherflower. Habitat: Wet calcareous flatwoods. Distribution: Nw. GA (Floyd Co.) and ne. AL (St. Clair and Cherokee counties). Recently discovered in Piedmont of GA (the population needing additional study).

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Subgenus: Viorna.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Timmerman-Erskine & Boyd (1999) reported on the reproductive ecology of this endangered species; Goertzen & Boyd (2007) on its genetic diversity.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA3, K4, NS, POWO; = n/a — S, S13. Basionym: Clematis socialis Kral 1982

Links to other floras: = Clematis socialis - FNA3

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image #1 of Clematis socialis© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Clematis socialis© Alan Cressler: Clematis socialis, North Fork Powerline Prairie, St. Clair County, Alabama 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Clematis socialis© Alan Cressler: Clematis socialis, Floyd County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Clematis socialis© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷

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